trueborn

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹuː.bɔːn/
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/ˈtɹuː.bɔːn/ · /ˈtɹuː.boɹn/

Definition of trueborn

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Genuinely by birth; legitimate.
    “Young Ian's shoulders and thighs were dark with wet, and the rain dripped from the brim of his slouch hat, but he sat straight in the saddle, ignoring the weather with the stoic nonchalance of a trueborn Scot.”
    “She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him.”
    “Draconian in terms of its scope and aims, it replaced the guarantee of all rights, liberties, and immunities of all trueborn Englishmen that had been granted to the colonists in the first two colonial charters and established something very akin to martial law in the colony.”
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adj

  1. Genuinely by birth; legitimate.
    “Young Ian's shoulders and thighs were dark with wet, and the rain dripped from the brim of his slouch hat, but he sat straight in the saddle, ignoring the weather with the stoic nonchalance of a trueborn Scot.”
    “She might have overlooked a dozen bastards for Ned's sake, so long as they were out of sight. Jon was never out of sight, and as he grew, he looked more like Ned than any of the trueborn sons she bore him.”
    “Draconian in terms of its scope and aims, it replaced the guarantee of all rights, liberties, and immunities of all trueborn Englishmen that had been granted to the colonists in the first two colonial charters and established something very akin to martial law in the colony.”

noun

  1. A person of legitimate birth.

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Etymology

From true + born.

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